
| Curriculum Planning III Course: Material & Resources This course will give me opportunity to share my best resources, research and materials. All the materials below are researched, written and published by Marcia Arpin, unless otherwise noted. The following is the Course Description as provided by Confederation College: In this course, the student will be expected to design curriculum that is strategic, directional, and adaptive for a variety of ages. A segment of this course will teach students to organize curriculum using a developmental sequence, Children's literature, outdoor play, and learning centers in Early Childhood Education will be explored. Class 01: Designing Spaces for Play, Creativity & Learning Class 02: Designing Spaces for Play, Creativity & Learning Class 03: Open Ended Materials Class 04: Learning Centres Class 05: Considerations for Curriculum Class 06: Outdoor Programming and Design Class 07: Including Early Literacy in your Curriculum Class 08: Planning for Ages & Stages Class 09: Planning for the Seasons Class 10: Emergent Curriculum Class 11: Anti-Bias Curriculum Class 12: Storytelling Presentations Class 13: "My Bag of Tricks" - Activity Ideas Class 14: Final Exam Reference Material Child Development Energizers Creative Movement Prop Boxes Reference Texts: Play at the Center of the Curriculum (3rd Edition) by Judith Van Hoorn, Patricia Monighan Nourot, Barbara Scales, Keith Rodriquez Alward Creating Effective Learning Environments (Second Edition) - by Ingrid Crowther Creating Environments for Learning - by Julie Bullard ** Designs for Living and Learning - Deb Curtis and Margie Beautiful Stuff - by Cathy Weisman Topal & Lella Gandini Measuring Performance by: Barbara Elliott Tribes. A New Way of Learning & Being Together. by: Jeanne Gibbs Creative Resources for the Anti-Bias Classroom by: Nadia Saderman Hall, Saderman Hall For more information or to book your own workshop based on this material: CONTACT Marcia Arpin |
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| Words of Wisdom "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." Henry David Thoreau "For young children, play is what they do all day. Playing is living and living is playing. Young children do not differentiate between play, learning and work. Children are by nature playful. They enjoy playing and will do so whenever they can." Mayesky, 2006 |
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